Graphic short story competition

Mon, Aug 11, 2008

The Observer, Comica and Jonathan Cape have teamed up again this year for a second graphic short story competition following the success of the first such endeavour last year (which was won by Cathy Brighton’s Away in a Manger – see here for links to PDFs of the winners). Entries are now being sought for this year’s competition for a short graphic story, with the winner down to receive £1, 000 pounds and publication across two pages in the Observer, while the runner-up will receive £250 and publication on the Guardian’s website. Welcome though the money undoubtably is I imagine the chance to have their work seen by high profile artists and publishers as well as new readers is the real point of this exercise for most artists. Judges this year include Mark Haddon, Rutu Modan, the Observer’s Rachel Cooke, Jonathan Cape’s Dan Franklin, Random House’s (parent company of Cape) Suzanne Dean and Paul Gravett; the closing date for entries is October 17th, check here to download the full terms and conditions. (thanks to Paul Gravett for the link)